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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome … the railway as a vehicle for the settlement of the West. About the Depot The original two-story section of the depot, …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity
… be received by December 31. Thank you! DONATE This year the Cather Center proudly completed a nationwide “Big Read” of … and book clubs. Together, we sparked conversations about Indigenous peoples, the American frontier, the … experience, and the power of historical reflection through Willa Cather’s prose. Our work doesn’t stop here. With your …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… country focus on educating patrons and the general public about the value of archives. It’s easy to connect the … the questions she gets most often. How do you pronounce Cather? According to Henry Blackman Sell in a short article … frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… Pavelka was the inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda, arguably Willa Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 … cellar, which is an important symbol in Cather’s work. More About the Project Image Key themes of the exhibit will …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… examine primary sources Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources September 9, 2025 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center have always, since our founding, played … and students to imagine the settings of Cather’s many works set in Red Cloud. Our archival materials, from letters …
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The Opus 76 Quartet
… Opera House Friday, Sep 5, 2025 | 7:30 - 9:30pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … available . Please contact Hotel Garber directly to inquire about remaining room availability. This show is generously …
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Virtual Author Series: Joanna Biggs, Richard Scott Larson, and Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
… Image A Willa Cather Writers Residency Event Author Series Thursday, Oct … penitentiary. Tensions emerge as the community learns more about this child and her connection to long-held local … but has lived in New York for two decades, where he works as a program administrator at NYU. He has recently …
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Meet Our 2025 Humanities Interns!
… me to read something outside of my normal book genres, I immediately said I didn’t like it." "After reading the short … up jobs such as working in the archives at Nebraska Public Media or working as an orientation leader on campus at UNL, …
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Ollie Webb Center's Short Film Screening & Panel Discussion
… of Fine Arts in Theatre with an emphasis in Film and New Media and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Abz Cameron, …
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Creative Panel: The Kilbanes
… Saturday, Jun 7, 2025 | 10:30 - 11:45am CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States LEARN MORE about the 70th Annual Spring Conference Join Peter Cipkowski …
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